From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33553) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ypa0h-00077D-MN for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 05 May 2015 06:23:32 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ypa0e-0001M2-Hh for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 05 May 2015 06:23:31 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:38357) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ypa0e-0001Lu-Ad for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 05 May 2015 06:23:28 -0400 Message-ID: <55489A0E.40003@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 05 May 2015 12:23:10 +0200 From: Paolo Bonzini MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <5542A2DD.3040407@redhat.com> <20150501115951.GG17796@thinpad.lan.raisama.net> In-Reply-To: <20150501115951.GG17796@thinpad.lan.raisama.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] cpu: Register QOM links at /machine/cpus/ List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Eduardo Habkost Cc: peter.maydell@linaro.org, mimu@linux.vnet.ibm.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, agraf@suse.de, borntraeger@de.ibm.com, bharata@linux.vnet.ibm.com, cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com, Igor Mammedov , =?windows-1252?Q?Andreas_F=E4rber?= , david@gibson.dropbear.id.au On 01/05/2015 13:59, Eduardo Habkost wrote: >> I have a patch to add "." and ".." properties. You can use them to add >> an alias to an object. > > What's the difference between a link and an alias to an object? A (read-only) link adds a reference to the target, an alias doesn't. Paolo